mendicant
音標['mendik?nt] 讀音漢語翻譯
a. 行乞的, 托缽修道會的, 化緣的
n. 乞丐, 乞討, 托缽僧
詞型變化:
名詞:mendicancy英文解釋:
名詞 mendicant:
- a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms同義詞:friar
- a pauper who lives by begging同義詞:beggar
形容詞 mendicant:
- practicing beggary
詳細解釋:
men.di.cant
adj.(形容詞)Depending on alms for a living; practicing begging.以行乞為生的:靠救濟來生活的;行乞的n.(名詞)A beggar.乞丐A member of an order of friars forbidden to own property in common, who work or beg for their living.托缽僧:一種不允許擁有私人財產的僧人,以工作或化緣維持生活
來源:Middle English 中古英文 from Old French 源自 古法文 from Latin mendoc3ns mendocant- [present participle of] mendoc3re [to beg] 源自 拉丁語 mendoc3ns mendocant- [] mendoc3re的現在分詞 [乞討] from mendocus [needy, beggar] 源自 mendocus [非常貧困的,乞討者] from mendum [physical defect] 源自 mendum [生理缺陷]
【引伸】
men.dicancy 或
mendic.ity
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